the piass

emmievin · Jan 11, 2003, 03:37

Can anyone tell me anything about the band The Piass? Anything at all? a discography, member info, a site,are they still together (I assume they aren't...) anything? I heard this terrible thing about three of the original members commiting suicide together...(this was a few years ago) that can't possibly be true...(I hope) But then the surviving member (or members?) restarted the band with new members? (please don't take this question as me being a morbid freak, I'm not...It's just that the person who told me this is not always reliable and it sounds completely crazy...but then you never know)Anyway...thanks in advance!
~m

thomas · Jan 11, 2003, 04:33

Hi, and welcome aboard!

Hm, I just googled, there's a Yahoo Group dedicated to The Piass.

Other links

=> http://www.a-dead-angle.com/etc~Indies/piass.htm

History

The PIASS was formed in Sapporo. Early in the band's career, due to a drowning accident while shooting a PV, all original members except TAKAYUKI died T_T

The PIASS stopped activites after the incident. 25 Oct 1998, TAKAYUKI, together with Kiraka, and support members Riji & Shizuki, started touring. Same year Dec, Ruiji and Shizuki became official members of the band.

Early 2002, Kirala disappeared and in March, officially left the band.

=> http://www.geocities.com/eternalglamour/piass.html

Perhaps Twisted has more info.

Twisted · Jan 11, 2003, 08:43

Hmm, this was a little before my time, but i've read about the incident in the book Nippon Pop, which is written by Steve McClure.

They were an Indies rockband like many other, and i think the incident is the only thing that made them famous. A bit of a shame actually.

emmievin · Jan 11, 2003, 16:49

Wow! That must have been some accident...thanks again!

audrey · Sep 7, 2003, 02:48

accident... i'm not sure, but i remember that i have read something like they jumped off the bridge together... who knows. sorry for that i raised this up :P

Miyu shama · Oct 22, 2003, 20:45

hi....I just joined in because I was looking for a Piasu song lyric and I found this place...
I didn't know anyone has written about the member's death in any book...
I don't actually recall anything that says that there where that famous around 98.
all I do know is that they're still around. I love their music and they're a thypical Indies band but yet so very different.
They never change clothes, they do the same thing every gig, they're EVERYWHERE^^; and they're heavy heavy heavy....everytime I see them I get a heacache because they're so much ino headbanging....but I do love them
I dont know anything about this forum....so sorry if I do anything wrong...

Twisted · Oct 23, 2003, 02:36

Well, at any rate Tomohiro Katsui and Hiroshi Murata aren't in the current line-up of Piass. They died when they jumped off a 20 meter high bridge for a video-shooting stunt on october 25th 1995.

Perhaps the band wasn't famous around that time, but the incident certainly gave them a cult-status.

Oh, and welcome aboard

Miyu shama · Oct 23, 2003, 04:10

wow^^ a fast reply....I thought maybe the thread is too old to get any reply, but I'm happy I did. I do remember how the old Piass looked....and for that matter, they always where THE Piass and now it's always the Kanji and hiragana Piasu...
they're a little mocking with the other indies fellows...
" You want visual kei??? here you HAVE all you can TAKE PIASSUUUU!!" " Piasu's vocals!!! Piasu's Drummer, Piasu's basist!!!!" "Everyone will HEADBANG!!!! the drummer will also Headbang!!! " and then it's a endlessw countown until you lower your head and won't see their faces for the entire song....^^;
They're also weird....They always start the police sirens full loud and sound, before the curtains are open, so that every fan will know it's them and not any other band next....you see those blue lights, a couple of them, maybe 3....and their red hairs and red clothes soon reveals from darkness.... the latest time I saw them, they also set a drum part on fire and the drummer went Fire breatheing on the crowd....I thought they would burn my hair^^;
I got some kind of sticky liguid thing all over me...
haha I was dressed from Harajuku....seldom I go to shows as mana, except moi dix mois ofcourse, but this time they looked like..."hey?? Mana can't headbang or what??? you little fangirl there, proove to us it's US you want" and ofcourse i was dead from nightbus from Osaka Moi dix Mois....not a proper dressover and same makeup....deadly tired super hot....I tried one movement and figured out everyone would laugh if the Mana girl would fall over the others....
but what's with those older piass fans`?? they lift Takayuki's skirt to look at his underwear....I never saw anything like it...all they do is touching him everywhere....
heh
it's pretty fun and nice to have some oldies on the scene and not always those 18 years old cutie pies...^^

KlahaXGackt · Oct 23, 2003, 05:30

Cool....someone else has heard of that book...I own the book "Nippon Pop" and it is a pretty old book....The book's information dates back to 1998

Twisted · Oct 23, 2003, 14:31

Yeah, it's time Steve McClure wrote a second edition. It's a shame he gave up his Japan Times Online column. I always found it very insightful.

Miyu shama · Oct 23, 2003, 18:09

I'd like to read that part that was the piass...the rest of the book isn't so much about the indies scene I guess? maybe there is something in it about like...Shazna's major debute and the Melty love hit etc etc..^^
In case I confuced anyone by the talking about the liveshows, They in same shows as artists such as, Vidoll, Jinkaku radio, Milphine, Iroha, Deadman, Dead pop stars D.P.S * , and so on...= they're not that big, but it's indeed very nice to go to these shows.

Twisted · Oct 23, 2003, 19:38

There's quite some information about the Japanese indies scene in that book. It's just not aimed at the Visual Kei scene.

He talks about Hoppy Kamiyama and his God Mountain label and the girlpop from the Benten label.

Miyu shama · Oct 23, 2003, 23:21

I see I see^^
thanks for the info. I don't know very much...like back in 94~97 I was all into pop, and then ayu tmr and larukku, but since I got into shazna I chaged a lot. I got into Mizer and then Moi dix Mois and Eve of destiny...among that also some of the european gothic scene and a lot of japanese indies...mostly vk or goth.

Twisted_Insanityxxx · Sep 13, 2007, 09:18

they are releasing a new mini album soon!

RevengeBabyYeah · Sep 14, 2007, 21:34

Cool, do you know where I can sample their music? I've heard alot of good things about this band

Also, if I like what I hear what album(s) would you recommend I buy and why?

Miyu shama · Sep 15, 2007, 00:57

^^ yes, they have a new mini album called Dolei, it's a combination of Vidoll style/dollis marry style indies, and their oldschool heavy visual style.
I think it's worth the try if you're intoo indies VK. Personally I love Piass very very much^^ I seek friends who like vk always, so just add me on msn or something if you want to know more about them!!!

RevengeBabyYeah · Sep 15, 2007, 07:18

Thanks alot Miyu shama, that really helped I'll definitely check it out and let you know what i thought

Whats your fave song by them?

Twisted_Insanityxxx · Sep 15, 2007, 22:18

and its so cool how they started in the 1993and
i hope to see em turn popular soon since its been years but i guess they havent reached it due to all the deaths and departures back then but i hope they turn popular
they are also releasing a dvd around the 29th i tink
i wish i could read japanese to tell ya haah
Fat fetishism is one of their best rocking songz to me and heres a link to listen to em
http://www.myspace.com/thepiass
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...dID=1000330993

RevengeBabyYeah · Sep 16, 2007, 00:04

Thanks for the link, gonna check it out now

Yeah it would be so good for both the fans and them to really get popular if they've stuck at it so long.

RevengeBabyYeah · Sep 20, 2007, 20:29

So I listened to some of their music and I love it! These guys are so great! Right now I'm telling everyone about them

I'm going to order Dolei and one of the singles soon

Twisted_Insanityxxx · Sep 21, 2007, 04:45

thats good and yea!!!!!!!!!!!!wooo!
im glad u like em and yea u r spreading the Piass infection!!!
wooooo!

Jan 11, 2003, 03:37	#1
emmievin Junior Member Join Date: Jan 11, 2003 Location: glacial love Age: 31 Posts: 4	the piass Can anyone tell me anything about the band The Piass? Anything at all? a discography, member info, a site,are they still together (I assume they aren't...) anything? I heard this terrible thing about three of the original members commiting suicide together...(this was a few years ago) that can't possibly be true...(I hope) But then the surviving member (or members?) restarted the band with new members? (please don't take this question as me being a morbid freak, I'm not...It's just that the person who told me this is not always reliable and it sounds completely crazy...but then you never know)Anyway...thanks in advance! ~m

Jan 11, 2003, 04:33	#2
thomas Decommissioned ex-admin Join Date: Mar 14, 2002 Posts: 4,209	Hi, and welcome aboard! Hm, I just googled, there's a Yahoo Group dedicated to The Piass. Other links => http://www.a-dead-angle.com/etc~Indies/piass.htm History The PIASS was formed in Sapporo. Early in the band's career, due to a drowning accident while shooting a PV, all original members except TAKAYUKI died T_T The PIASS stopped activites after the incident. 25 Oct 1998, TAKAYUKI, together with Kiraka, and support members Riji & Shizuki, started touring. Same year Dec, Ruiji and Shizuki became official members of the band. Early 2002, Kirala disappeared and in March, officially left the band. => http://www.geocities.com/eternalglamour/piass.html Perhaps Twisted has more info. __________________ Remember what the dormouse said, feed your head, feed your head!

Jan 11, 2003, 08:43	#3
Twisted That man in the corner Join Date: Mar 15, 2002 Location: The Netherlands Age: 35 Posts: 1,456	Hmm, this was a little before my time, but i've read about the incident in the book Nippon Pop, which is written by Steve McClure. They were an Indies rockband like many other, and i think the incident is the only thing that made them famous. A bit of a shame actually. __________________ ZenLog Earotic

Sep 7, 2003, 02:48	#5
audrey GRMPHZ. Join Date: Aug 26, 2003 Location: Finland/finnish Age: 21 Posts: 49	accident... i'm not sure, but i remember that i have read something like they jumped off the bridge together... who knows. sorry for that i raised this up :P __________________ I never knew I had a dream.

Oct 23, 2003, 05:30	#9
KlahaXGackt Regular Member Join Date: Feb 28, 2003 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 301	Cool....someone else has heard of that book...I own the book "Nippon Pop" and it is a pretty old book....The book's information dates back to 1998 __________________ I kept singing that song for you, the one you taught me as you smiled at the dawn; and I kept on counting the tears that returned to the starry sky; again and again and yet again, the nights merely repeated themselves--ah, so deeply, so very deeply, even now...yes... I love you still. ~Gackt "Hoshi no Suna"~

Jan 11, 2003, 16:49	#4
emmievin Junior Member Join Date: Jan 11, 2003 Location: glacial love Age: 31 Posts: 4	Wow! That must have been some accident...thanks again!

Oct 22, 2003, 20:45	#6
Miyu shama Regular Member Join Date: Oct 22, 2003 Location: Swedish Age: 31 Posts: 20	hi....I just joined in because I was looking for a Piasu song lyric and I found this place... I didn't know anyone has written about the member's death in any book... I don't actually recall anything that says that there where that famous around 98. all I do know is that they're still around. I love their music and they're a thypical Indies band but yet so very different. They never change clothes, they do the same thing every gig, they're EVERYWHERE^^; and they're heavy heavy heavy....everytime I see them I get a heacache because they're so much ino headbanging....but I do love them I dont know anything about this forum....so sorry if I do anything wrong...

Oct 23, 2003, 02:36	#7
Twisted That man in the corner Join Date: Mar 15, 2002 Location: The Netherlands Age: 35 Posts: 1,456	Well, at any rate Tomohiro Katsui and Hiroshi Murata aren't in the current line-up of Piass. They died when they jumped off a 20 meter high bridge for a video-shooting stunt on october 25th 1995. Perhaps the band wasn't famous around that time, but the incident certainly gave them a cult-status. Oh, and welcome aboard

Oct 23, 2003, 04:10	#8
Miyu shama Regular Member Join Date: Oct 22, 2003 Location: Swedish Age: 31 Posts: 20	wow^^ a fast reply....I thought maybe the thread is too old to get any reply, but I'm happy I did. I do remember how the old Piass looked....and for that matter, they always where THE Piass and now it's always the Kanji and hiragana Piasu... they're a little mocking with the other indies fellows... " You want visual kei??? here you HAVE all you can TAKE PIASSUUUU!!" " Piasu's vocals!!! Piasu's Drummer, Piasu's basist!!!!" "Everyone will HEADBANG!!!! the drummer will also Headbang!!! " and then it's a endlessw countown until you lower your head and won't see their faces for the entire song....^^; They're also weird....They always start the police sirens full loud and sound, before the curtains are open, so that every fan will know it's them and not any other band next....you see those blue lights, a couple of them, maybe 3....and their red hairs and red clothes soon reveals from darkness.... the latest time I saw them, they also set a drum part on fire and the drummer went Fire breatheing on the crowd....I thought they would burn my hair^^; I got some kind of sticky liguid thing all over me... haha I was dressed from Harajuku....seldom I go to shows as mana, except moi dix mois ofcourse, but this time they looked like..."hey?? Mana can't headbang or what??? you little fangirl there, proove to us it's US you want" and ofcourse i was dead from nightbus from Osaka Moi dix Mois....not a proper dressover and same makeup....deadly tired super hot....I tried one movement and figured out everyone would laugh if the Mana girl would fall over the others.... but what's with those older piass fans`?? they lift Takayuki's skirt to look at his underwear....I never saw anything like it...all they do is touching him everywhere.... heh it's pretty fun and nice to have some oldies on the scene and not always those 18 years old cutie pies...^^

Oct 23, 2003, 14:31	#10
Twisted That man in the corner Join Date: Mar 15, 2002 Location: The Netherlands Age: 35 Posts: 1,456	Yeah, it's time Steve McClure wrote a second edition. It's a shame he gave up his Japan Times Online column. I always found it very insightful.

Oct 23, 2003, 18:09	#11
Miyu shama Regular Member Join Date: Oct 22, 2003 Location: Swedish Age: 31 Posts: 20	I'd like to read that part that was the piass...the rest of the book isn't so much about the indies scene I guess? maybe there is something in it about like...Shazna's major debute and the Melty love hit etc etc..^^ In case I confuced anyone by the talking about the liveshows, They in same shows as artists such as, Vidoll, Jinkaku radio, Milphine, Iroha, Deadman, Dead pop stars D.P.S * , and so on...= they're not that big, but it's indeed very nice to go to these shows.

Oct 23, 2003, 19:38	#12
Twisted That man in the corner Join Date: Mar 15, 2002 Location: The Netherlands Age: 35 Posts: 1,456	There's quite some information about the Japanese indies scene in that book. It's just not aimed at the Visual Kei scene. He talks about Hoppy Kamiyama and his God Mountain label and the girlpop from the Benten label.

Oct 23, 2003, 23:21	#13
Miyu shama Regular Member Join Date: Oct 22, 2003 Location: Swedish Age: 31 Posts: 20	I see I see^^ thanks for the info. I don't know very much...like back in 94~97 I was all into pop, and then ayu tmr and larukku, but since I got into shazna I chaged a lot. I got into Mizer and then Moi dix Mois and Eve of destiny...among that also some of the european gothic scene and a lot of japanese indies...mostly vk or goth.

Sep 13, 2007, 09:18	#14
Twisted_Insanityxxx The Jrock Muffin king!!! Join Date: Apr 5, 2007 Location: Zanarkand Posts: 191	they are releasing a new mini album soon! __________________ (credits to Kagemaru for avatar)The muffins will consume u all!! muhaha choco boco wohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sep 14, 2007, 21:34	#15
RevengeBabyYeah Miss our butterfly Join Date: May 7, 2007 Posts: 1,453	Cool, do you know where I can sample their music? I've heard alot of good things about this band Also, if I like what I hear what album(s) would you recommend I buy and why?

Sep 15, 2007, 00:57	#16
Miyu shama Regular Member Join Date: Oct 22, 2003 Location: Swedish Age: 31 Posts: 20	^^ yes, they have a new mini album called Dolei, it's a combination of Vidoll style/dollis marry style indies, and their oldschool heavy visual style. I think it's worth the try if you're intoo indies VK. Personally I love Piass very very much^^ I seek friends who like vk always, so just add me on msn or something if you want to know more about them!!!

Sep 15, 2007, 07:18	#17
RevengeBabyYeah Miss our butterfly Join Date: May 7, 2007 Posts: 1,453	Thanks alot Miyu shama, that really helped I'll definitely check it out and let you know what i thought Whats your fave song by them?

Sep 15, 2007, 22:18	#18
Twisted_Insanityxxx The Jrock Muffin king!!! Join Date: Apr 5, 2007 Location: Zanarkand Posts: 191	and its so cool how they started in the 1993and i hope to see em turn popular soon since its been years but i guess they havent reached it due to all the deaths and departures back then but i hope they turn popular they are also releasing a dvd around the 29th i tink i wish i could read japanese to tell ya haah Fat fetishism is one of their best rocking songz to me and heres a link to listen to em http://www.myspace.com/thepiass http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...dID=1000330993

Sep 16, 2007, 00:04	#19
RevengeBabyYeah Miss our butterfly Join Date: May 7, 2007 Posts: 1,453	Thanks for the link, gonna check it out now Yeah it would be so good for both the fans and them to really get popular if they've stuck at it so long.

Sep 20, 2007, 20:29	#20
RevengeBabyYeah Miss our butterfly Join Date: May 7, 2007 Posts: 1,453	So I listened to some of their music and I love it! These guys are so great! Right now I'm telling everyone about them I'm going to order Dolei and one of the singles soon

Sep 21, 2007, 04:45	#21
Twisted_Insanityxxx The Jrock Muffin king!!! Join Date: Apr 5, 2007 Location: Zanarkand Posts: 191	thats good and yea!!!!!!!!!!!!wooo! im glad u like em and yea u r spreading the Piass infection!!! wooooo!

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